Day: July 4, 2014

On more nights than I care to admit the boyfriend and I realize we are starving and we haven’t decided what we’re having for dinner. We used to rely on the McDonalds drive thru or a trip out to get pizza on nights like this but I really need to make more of an effort to make more meals at home. Fast food is fine occasionally but I don’t want Babygirl to think it’s OK to eat whenever you’re busy. I found this recipe in Grandma’s magical yellow recipe box that said it only took 25 mins. I don’t usually have canned fruit on hand but for some reason we did, and although we always have a box of frozen chicken breasts we actually had a few fresh pieces in the fridge so that shaved off any extra defrosting time.

This was by no means a gourmet dish, but it only took about 5 minutes to put together and another 20 or so minutes to bake, so I will keep this handy for busy nights when we need a tasty fairly healthy meal fast.

I did make some modifications you may want to keep in mind if this is a recipe you would like to try:

I had to triple the basting sauce because I used 3 full size thick chicken breasts and when I made the amount called for in the recipe it wasn’t enough. I also added a small bit of the juice from each of the cans when I added the fruit even though it says to drain. I cut the chicken up into about 2 inch pieces so I could be sure it would cook through faster. For the lemon juice I squeezed a fresh lemon half but I’m sure using the bottled real-lemon juice most people seem to have is fine. I also used the low sodium soy sauce, which by the way is still pretty darn loaded with sodium!

Just in case you are wondering what the dark purple side dish is in the picture it’s Thai rice which made a great nutty flavored side dish. I just followed the directions on the package and it cooked up in about the same amount of time as the chicken.